Focus on Plattsburgh Spring 2009

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JAN. 30, 2009
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Feelings of Hypocrisy Might Help
Ballrooms Closing
This Summer
For those struggling to honor New
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Year's resolutions, research done by
Dr. Renee Bator, Dr. Angela Bryan and
Branch Campus
eight SUNY Plattsburgh undergraduate
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research assistants may offer some
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help. In fact, their work was recently
mentioned in a Washington Post
Warhol Exhibit
article about sticking to those vows.
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Bator, an associate professor at SUNY
Plattsburgh and Bryan, a professor at
Faculty/Staff
the University of New Mexico, set out
Showcase
to see if they could affect behavior
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change by calling attention to feelings assumption on individuals who were
of hypocrisy. Basing their research trying to get into a regular workout
Events
on cognitive dissonance theory, a routine. True to the theory, they found
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theory that people are driven to that those who had signed pledges to
reduce internal conflicts, they called workout and who later took a survey
attention to the negative emotions designed to remind them of their IN THE NEXT ISSUE...
created when volunteers didn't follow pledges did a better job of sticking to
through with what they said they their routine. Lecturer to Walk
would do. Their hypothesis was that, Bator, who recently received grant "Corridor of Amity"
when exposed to these feelings, their funding from Keep America Beautiful
Student Committee for
subjects would change the behaviors to study pro-environmental behaviors,
Excellence Names Teachers
that led to the emotions. notes that this theory can be applied
of the Month
The group went to the SUNY to motivating pro-social action in a
Plattsburgh Fitness Center to test this variety of contexts.
Faculty to Explore "Joy of Teaching" at CTE Conference
SUNY Plattsburgh faculty will have Dangerously: Conscience and Labor-Management Committee grant.
"This conference is a time for our
a chance to learn teaching strategies Controversy in the Classroom;
faculty to showcase their insights
from colleagues across campus Reader's Theater: Promoting Student
about teaching, learn from others, and
and across the state at a day-long Engagement in Classroom Exploration
reaffirm what we are all about," said
conference being held on campus of Literary Texts; and Beyond "Getting
Kasper.
April 4. Through It": The Joy of Teaching
"Discovering the Joy of Teaching" Reluctant Students. In addition, a
For more information, call Kasper
is a day-long event, featuring 20 number of posters will be on display.
at 518-564-3043.
sessions, 11 of which will be presented Conference slots are going fast.
To register for the conference,
by SUNY Plattsburgh faculty. Topics Only 40 remain, according to Dr.
go to web.plattsburgh.edu/offices/
include Motivating the Unmotivated; Becky Kasper, director of the CTE. She
centers/cte/conferenceregistration.
Low Tech — No Tech Strategies that reminds SUNY Plattsburgh faculty that
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Improve Student Success; Teaching they can get in free, thanks to a Joint
FOCUS
Plattsburgh

JAN. 30, 2009 STAVE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Ballrooms
Branch Campus at ACC Celebrates New
Ci osed from
Regional Higher Education Center
May 19 Through
The housing market may be on the ACC campus.
Coiumbus Day
suffering, but one recent open house "We are absolutely delighted to
was bursting at the seams with be in ACC's new Regional Higher
Changes to the
visitors. Education Center," said Tom
renovation schedule for
On Jan. 22, SUNY Plattsburgh Corigliano, associate dean. "Not only
Angell College Center have
faculty and staff joined a large crowd
does this facility give us new state-of-
meant that the Warreri
to celebrate the opening of the J.
the-art classrooms and excellent office
Ballrooms. will remain open
Buckley Bryan Jr. ACC Regional Higher
and available through the space, it gives the Branch Campus an
Education Center at Adirondack
end of this spring semester* academic identity and credibility with
Community College.
They will, however, be our students and with the residents in
The REHC is the new home of the
closed from May 19 until the area.
SUNY Plattsburgh Branch Campus
Columbus Day* "We have experienced incredible
at ACC. The Branch Campus'
During the summer, the growth at the branch campus,"
administrative and faculty offices, as
rooms will be offline due said President John Ettling, who
well as classrooms, are now under one
to upgrades in the air- participated in the ribbon cutting
roof in a beautifully designed building
handling systems, and, in
equipped with the latest technology. ceremony. "The new facility will help
the fall, they will serve as a
The center is named in honor of J. attract students and provides us with
temporary space for meal
Buckley Bryan Jr. G'89, a retired airline an opportunity to look more closely
service; since renovations
pilot and lifelong entrepreneur who at enhancing and possibly expanding
to the Surrdowner will not
has earned four degrees at least in part our offerings in the Queensbury area."
yet be completed*
l~eanwlaile, the furniture
in rl~nt Commons will
"Andy Warhol: A Photographic Legacy"
be replaced with folding
tables and chairs, allowing
Comes to SUNY Plattsburgh
the space to become a
multipurpose room for
events. This room cannot Students, faculty and the public of individuals who posed with white
accommodate every type of will be able to experience the works makeup on their faces," said Esposito.
event as it ca nn o t b e _clo_sed. of the iconic Andy Warhol in The "The collection also includes still-life
off to non-participants Plattsburgh State Art Museum's photographs of things Warhol would
When not used for events, new exhibition, "Andy Warhol: A see on a daily basis.
Flynt Commons will Photographic "In his lifetime,
remain a student lounge. Legacy." "Being good in business is the most he took between
The exhibition 60,000 and
fascinating kind of art. Making money
runs through 100,000 snapshots
is art and working is art and good
March 29 in the and Polaroids,
business is the best art."
Burke Gallery, which were
Myers Fine Arts - Andy Warhol disseminated
Those scheduling evens Building, seven amongst 180
far this time frame shpts days a week from noon to 4 p.m. institutions," Esposito added.
plan ahenadd akeep space More than 150 images were given to The contract associated with the
limitations in rind. Plattsburgh State by the Andy Warhol gifting of the photographs requires
Foundation for its 20th anniversary that a portion of the photographs be
For assistance, contact the celebration, the "Photographic Legacy on display at least every 10 years.
conference an e~rents'staff' at Project," according to Cecilia Esposito As one of the founders of pop
College Auxiliary Services at '77, museum director. The exhibit art, Andy Warhol's creativity and
518-564-2035. features a selection of original Polaroid popularity has made him a household
photographs and gelatin silver prints. name.
"A large number of the Polaroids are - Twanna Cornish '09
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c,, , ! nn a lecturer in the history department, recently published a book
titled "A Short Story of American Destiny, 1909-2009." The text was inspired by
thoughts about the Champlain Quadricentennial. He has a second book in the
works. Published by Lindisfarne Press/Steiner Books and titled "Christ and the
Mayan Calendar: 2012 and the Coming of the Antichrist," this volume is due to hit
the shelves soon.
Dr. Lauren Eastwood, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, received
an ABE Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council. She will work on
issues related to climate change and the United Nations, spending time doing
research in New York City and in Japan. The fellowship will run for two years.
This past October, Dr. Jessamyn Neuhaus, assistant professor of history, presented
"`The only nice way to clean a toilet': Race, Class, and the Housewife in U.S.
Advertising," at the annual Great Lakes History Conference at Grand Valley State
University in Grand Rapids, Mich. In November, she gave another presentation,
titled "Father, Mother, Policeman, Teacher, and Doctor Know Best: Postwar
Prescriptive Classroom Films and Their Pedagogical Potential in Undergraduate
History Courses," at an international symposium called "Cold War Culture: New
Approaches to Cold War Research, Education and Expression" convened at the
Diefenbunker Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
Holly HeUUer-Ross '84 interim associate dean of library and information services,
and Debra Kimok, senior assistant librarian, had their article, "Visual Tutorials for
Point-of-Need Instruction in Online Courses," published in the fall 2008 issue of
the Journal of Library Administration. Heller-Ross and Kimok presented this paper
at the 13th Off-Campus Library Services Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, in
April 2008.
Dr. Jonathan Slater, associate professor of communications, recently contributed
his public relations expertise to the Québec Liberal Party's successful political
campaign for majority control of the province's National Assembly. Running on a
platform focused squarely on the global economic crisis, the party hoped to gain
enough seats to establish a clear, liberal mandate. Slater, who lives on Montreal's
South Shore, advised Fatima Houda-Pepin, first vice president of the Québec
National Assembly and liberal candidate in Slater's electoral district, on voter
outreach and media relations. Volunteering evenings and weekends, Slater also
helped the candidate develop strategies for connecting with constituents post-
election via online social media. Houda-Pepin was re-elected for a fifth term. This
November, Slater also worked with Professor Carolyn White Bartoo of Widener
University to present "Putting Best Practices to Work in Public Relations Service
Learning" as part of a round-table panel on service learning, an unconventional
pedagogy in the communication classroom, at the annual conference of the
National Communication Association in San Diego, Calif.
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"Read-In: A Celebration of African-American Authors," Monday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Branch Campus at ACC, Queensbury, N.Y. For
information, call 518-792-5425.
"Mathieu Da Costa: What We Know and What We Imagine," lecture
by A.J.B. John Johnston, Canadian historian, Monday, Feb. 2, 3-5
p.m., Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center.
Business and Professional Women's Heart Healthy Demo and Dinner,
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m. networking and cash bar; 6:15 p.m. dinner.
Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center. $30. For more information,
call 518-563-5440, Ext. 168.
Jay Black, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 8 p.m., Warren Ballrooms, Angell College
Center. For information, call 518-564-3200.
Champlain Quadricentennial Musical Celebration 1609-2009: Le Bon
Vent in Residence, Wednesday-Friday, Feb. 4-6. Free music workshops, FOCUS is published eight times
performances and lectures, presented in partnership with Hill and per semester by the Office of
Hollow Music. For more information, call 518-564-2243. Public Relations at the State
University of New York College
at Plattsburgh .
Film screening of "Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days,"
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 8:30 p.m. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall.
Coffeehouse, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 9 p.m. Subway, Angell College elle Ouelle
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Roundtable Discussion: Women and Travel, with Holly Heller-Ross
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and colleagues, Thursday, Feb. 5, 12:30-1:15 p.m. Cardinal Lounge, Sarah Repak
Angell College Center.
Spring 2009
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Monday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. Glitz FOCUS(cid:9) Schedule (cid:9)
Auditorium, Hawkins Hall. SUNY Plattsburgh students free; faculty
Feb. 13 April 10
and staff, $5; and general admission, $8. For more information, call
Feb. 27 April 24
518-564-5292.
Mar. 13 May 8
Mar. 27
TED TALKS, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., Room 200, Yokum Hall. For
information, call 518-561-6922.
To submit a story idea
Women's Studies Spring Reception, Thursday, Feb. 12, 12:30-1:15 FOCUS, please e-mail
p.m. Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center. news@ plattsbu rgh .edu.
Informationmust be received
"Locating and Mitigating Hot Spots of Road Mortality in Turtles two weeks prior to publication
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University. Thursday, Feb. 12, 12:20 p.m., Room 101, Hudson Hall. dates.
Valentine Concert, Friday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Warren Ballrooms, Institutional Advancement
Angell College Center. General admission, $5; SUNY Plattsburgh Office of Public Relations
students $2. Tickets available at Angell College Center desk. For more 113 Hawkins Hall
information, call 518-564-2283.
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
"Andy Warhol: Portraits from the Andy Warhol Photographic
news@plattsburg h_edu
Legacy," through March 29, noon - 4 p.m. daily, Burke Gallery, Myers
Fine Arts Building.
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Student Committee for Teaching Excellence *MADE 11....1 _ ISSUE >>
Names First 'Teachers of the Month'
Lecturer to Walk
The Student Committee for Teaching nominated Gottschall. "Corridor of Amity"
Excellence named Richard Gottschall "He poses thought-provoking Pg. 2
and Dr. Olivia O'Donnell "Teachers of questions and really gets into class
the Month" for October and November,
discussions — which is much more fun Historical Documents
respectively. The two are the first to
than watching a boring Power Point," Sought
be honored under an award designed
the student added.
by students to recognize teaching Pg. 2
A number of students recommended
excellence at SUNY Plattsburgh. The
award for February will be announced at O'Donnell for the award.
Teacher Resource Center
the beginning of March. "She is passionate about her students
May Close
Gottschall, a lecturer in marketing
and entrepreneurship, and O'Donnell, Pg. 2
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a lecturer in political science, were
among 38 faculty members nominated
Herbarium Serves as
by students. Members of the committee
Community Resource
evaluated each entry based on
the thoughtfulness of the written Pg. 3
nomination and its consistency with and her work, and it shows inside and
what members understand to be the outside of class. I love that lady," wrote Men's Hockey No. 1 for 10
highest standards of excellent teaching. one student.
Straight Weeks
Those characteristics include respect "She works harder than any professor
and care for students, expertise in and to make sure her students understand," Pg. 3
passion for the field taught and the wrote another.
ability to communicate ideas effectively. The committee plans to continue to Events
"Enthusiastic about the subject! He's offer this award on a monthly basis and
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a great teacher because he holds the will also announce a Teacher of the Year
class's attention," wrote the student who by the end of the semester.
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Construction Update: Demolition of Old Hospital to Restart
The demolition of the old Champlain time, the building will fully meet • The chillers and cooling towers, part
Valley Hospital building came to a halt the accessibility guidelines under the of the buildings' cooling systems,
this fall when crews were surprised Americans with Disabilities Act. will soon be replaced in Beaumont,
to find asbestos-containing materials
• This summer, workers will begin Saranac, Angell College Center and
between the walls and floors. In order
installing new elevators in Memorial the Student Center for Health and
to remove these, the contractor needed
Hall and the Field House. Once this Psychological Services.
to get a variance from the New York
work is done, these buildings will also
State Department of Labor. Now that the • Work on the Sundowner will go to bid
be fully accessible under ADA.
variance has been granted, work should
in mid-February. This project is slated
begin again shortly. • The Hudson Hall addition project has
to run through the summer and on
In the meantime, here's a round-up of gone out to bid. An addendum to the
into the start of the fall 2009 semester.
other construction projects on campus: original specifications may slow down
• Construction on the elevator and the process somewhat, but as soon as • Finally, the planning for a new School
new entrance in Saranac Hall will the contract is approved, work will of Business and Economics building is
be completed in mid-March. At that begin. underway.
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FEB. 13, 2009 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
North Country Lecturer to Walk Corridor of Amity
Teacher in Honor of Champlain Quadricentennial
Resource Center
This May, Kevin organizations and work with area
May Close Dann, a lecturer residents to add at least one historic site
. in the history or individual to a map he is creating.
department, will This historic map will serve as an
The North Country Teacher
embark on a alternative to those indicating battle
Resource Center may have to
quest to gather a locations. It will mark where courageous
close its doors this summer,
history of peace, and creative acts of dissent against
The center and others like
friendship and economic, racial, social and political
it were not granted funding
courage as he violence took place. It will highlight
under Gov, David Paterson's
walks what he individuals like Cyrus Pringle, a
proposed budget.
has dubbed the Charlotte, Vt., farmer who refused
Drawing its finding from a
"Corridor of Amity." service during the Civil War and who,
state Education Department
His 45-day trek from Montreal to as a result, was tortured in a prison
grant, the center currently
Manhattan will take him through the camp until President Abraham Lincoln
serves 17 school districts, as
Richelieu, Champlain and Hudson intervened to have him released.
well as Champlain Valley
valleys in honor of the Champlain "One of my biggest hopes is to
Educational Services and
Quadricentennial. These areas are well- mark sites like Crown Point and
many private schools. It
known for historic battles, but, as he Ticonderoga not as the site of forts and
works to promote excellence
travels, Dann is setting out to capture an battles, but for some perhaps small but
in teaching by providing'
alternative history — an often untold one significant story of peacemaking — crazy,
resources and continuing
of peace and friendship. idiosyncratic tales of overcoming old
education opportunities
To gather these stories, Dann will animosities," said Dann.
to those in the field of
stop at schools, libraries and civic
education, Housed next to
the teachers education unit
in Sibley Mall, the center
College Archives Will Find a Home
is also highly utilized by
students preparing for a for the History Living in your Office
teaching career.
With school districts
Take a look around your office, If you wish to donate items, please
themselves being hit by
and you just might discover some keep the following in mind:
substantial budget cuts,
unexpected and valuable history living
they are hardly in a place to • No more than two copies of any
fill the gap in services that there. It's hidden among those random particular item are kept, with a few
would be left by the program photos, meeting notes, posters and very rare exceptions.
should it close, according to folders, masquerading as the stuff you
• Archives staff prefer to receive
Assistant Director Kathleen always knew was just too good to throw
materials from the offices in which
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they originate.
However, the staff at It's the kind of material that might
NCTRC have not given up be perfect to donate to the SUNY • A list of the items being donated is
hope. They are moving Plattsburgh College Archives. appreciated to help with processing.
ahead and continuing to Housed in Feinberg's Special • As materials are received, the Archives
plan their summer offerings, Collections area, the Archives can staff will send an acquisition form so
while encouraging those who provide permanent, professional care for you have a record of the donation.
benefit from their services to
your donated materials that document
lobby their representatives. the history of our college. To donate materials or learn more,
Materials already in the Archives date contact Debra Kimok '97, Special
to the Normal School years and include Collections librarian, at 518-564-5206 or
student newspapers and yearbooks, [email protected].
For more information on
NCTRC, call 51$-5645000. posters, flyers, official studies and View an online index of most (but not
department meeting minutes. They all) College Archive materials at:
include thousands of photographs, http://www.plattsburgh.edu/library/
commencement DVDs and much more. specialcollections/archives. php.
SUNY Plattsburgh Herbarium Home to Extensive Plant Collection
The SUNY Plattsburgh Herbarium is from numerous gifts
more than just a repository for dried from institutions and
plants. individuals when a
With more than 5,000 dried and request went out for help
pressed plant specimens, the collection in building the variety
has become a botanical resource and number of specimens.
to campus and the region since its Specimens were received
inception nearly three years ago. from Brooklyn Botanic
According to Dr. Chris Martine, Garden, Cornell
herbarium curator and assistant University, Northern
professor of biology, students in SUNY Illinois University, SUNY
Plattsburgh's botany courses benefit Oneonta, the University
greatly "because they can now learn of California at Berkeley
identification and taxonomy of plants and Davis, the University
through the use of real specimens from of Saskatchewan and
all over the world." others.
"Students have been and will continue Martine and Dr.
to be integral to the process of building Kenneth Adams G'77,
and maintaining the collection and SUNY distinguished
will learn collection and curatorial teaching professor of _~,.(cid:9) ..........~. (cid:9) ;.
skills as they go," said Martine. "As the earth and environmental
herbarium develops, it will become a science, are among
resource for the community outside of faculty who contributed Gerhard Gruendling, professor emeritus
the college as it grows to be not only a specimens from their own collections. of earth and environmental science.
place to visit, but (most importantly) the Additionally, the collection includes The herbarium is housed in Room
primary record of the plant species one holdings from the former Miner 401B, Beaumont Hall, adjacent to the
can find in the North Country." Institute Herbarium and wetland plant systematics lab.
The herbarium collection benefited ecology teaching specimens from Dr.
Plattsburgh Hockey No. 1 in National Rankings for 10 Straight Weeks
The college's men's hockey team time since Jan. 10, 2000. The 300 points and 123 points to trail No. 1 Gustavus in
received all 20 first-place votes and 300 are another program benchmark. the national rankings.
points in the NCAA Division III poll Meanwhile, the women's hockey team SUNY Plattsburgh is co-hosting
compiled by USCHO.com, released on is ranked in a second-place tie with 123 the NCAA Division III Men's Hockey
Feb. 9. points in the NCAA Division III poll Championship this year. The event will
The Cardinals have been No. 1 for 10 compiled by USCHO.com, released that be held in Lake Placid, March 20-21.
straight weeks to extend a school record same day. The Cardinals and Rochester
and are a unanimous pick for the first Tech each received one first-place vote For the latest poll, visit uscho.com.
FACULTYSTAFFSHOWCASE >>
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=ancy Allen '80 G'83, clinical Dr. James D. Rice, professor
director, Speech and Hearing of history, had his book
Center, worked with 14 other "Nature and History in the
speech and hearing centers Potomac Country: From
on a project examining the Hunter-Gatherers to the Age of
perceptions and practices of Jefferson" published by Johns
practicum supervisors who are Hopkins University Press.
working with speech-language Rice makes use of scholarship
ammunosazgas(cid:9) pathology students. She on farming practices in
shared the findings in a poster the colonial period as well
presentation at the American-Speech-Language- as extensive archaeological and anthropological
Hearing Association conference this fall. research to trace the region's history.
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"A Summer in India," Thursday, Feb. 19, 12:30-1:15 p.m. Cardinal
Lounge, Angell College Center.
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Key Winds Trio Concert, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m. Krinovitz Recital Hall, ¤}' ~~::\ ~t,~t`:`~,~ ~4~`~T j'•,t.\\]
Hawkins Hall. Free. For information, call 518-564-2283.
"Monitoring Biodiversity in the Adirondacks Through Collaboration and
Citizen Science: The Adirondack ATBI," by Dr. David Patrick, director of
the Center for Adirondack Biodiversity at Paul Smith's College, Tuesday,
Feb. 24, 12:20 p.m. Room 101, Hudson Hall.
SUNYAC Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals (tentative), Memorial
Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 24. For information, call 518-564-4123.
SUNYAC Ice Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals (tentative), Tuesday,
Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Stafford Ice Arena, Plattsburgh State Field House. For
information, call 518-564-4123.
TEDTaIks, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. Room 200, Yokum Hall. Free
video conference. Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin performs and discusses her FOCUS is published eight times
per semester by the Office of
theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played
Public Relations at the State
without being touched. Skeptic Society founder Michael Shermer speaks
University of New York College
on believing strange things, as he attempts to answer why people see the
at Plattsburgh.
Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics in "Stairway
to Heaven." For more information, call 518-561-6922.
Editor:
Juggler Ivan Pecel, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. Warren Ballrooms, 11~lichelle.. Ouellette
Angell College Center. Free. For more information, call 518-564-3200.
Assistant Editor:
Gcerianne Wright
Efficient Record Filing Systems Workshop, Thursday, Feb. 26, 9 a.m.-
1 p.m. Alumni Conference Room, Angell College Center. For anyone reative Services:
handling records for their office or department. Staff from the State Sarah Repak'Q2
Archives and Records Administration will cover topics including filing
system design; improving existing systems; creating or improving filing
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routines and record disposition practices; and selecting filing equipment.
FOCUS Schedüle (cid:9)
Free. R.S.V.P by calling 518-564-5011.
Feb. 27 April 19
"The Israeli Attack on Gaza: Military Aggression or a Just War?" a Mar. 13(cid:9) April ~~....
roundtable discussion, Thursday, Feb. 26, 4:30 p.m. Alumni Conference Mar 27 May
Room, Angell College Center.
"The Curious Case of Sarah Palin: Political Mothering Amid a Culture
To submit a story idea for
of 'Disability as Difference,"' by Visiting Assistant Professor of
FOCUS, please e-mail
Communication Dr. Kirsten Isgro. Thursday, Feb. 26, 12:30-1:15 p.m.
[email protected].
Cardinal Lounge, Angell College Center.
Information must be received
SUNYAC Basketball Tournament Finals (tentative), Friday-Saturday, two weeks prior to publication
Feb. 27-28, Memorial Hall. For information, call 518-564-4123. date. See above schedule for
dates.
Film Screening, "Persepolis," Friday, Feb. 27, 6-8:30 p.m. Krinovitz
Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall.
Institutional Advancement
SUNYAC Ice Hockey Tournament Semifinals (tentative), Saturday, Feb. Office of Public Relations
113 Hawkins Hall
28, 7 p.m. Stafford Ice Arena in the Plattsburgh State Field House. For
information, call 518-564-4123. Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
ECAC West Division Women's Ice Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals
[email protected]
(tentative), Saturday, Feb. 28, Stafford Ice Arena in the Plattsburgh State
Field House. For information, call 518-564-4123.
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FEB. 27, 2009
Some Willow Trees Around Hawkins Pond INS DETH ASSUE >>
Removed Due to Rot; Landscaping in Works
College Steps up Fire
Prevention Efforts
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New Fellowship to Help
with Study of Aging
Society
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Lunch and Learn Series
Demonstrates New
Research Tools
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Events
Hawkins Pond is an iconic fixture on Willows are known for their soft Pg. 4
campus, known for its fountain and wood. They grow fast but are less sturdy
ring of weeping willow trees. Members and often have shorter life spans than
of the campus and community visit this other tree varieties. landscape. Though no decision has
area to relax, study, have lunch or watch Damage from the 1998 ice storm been made, one idea being discussed is a
ducks navigate the waters. allowed decay to settle into these trees. landscaping "theme" that incorporates
Recently that scenery changed as four That decay weakened the branches to elements of the Adirondacks and Lake
trees were removed for safety reasons. such an extent that, ultimately, all will Champlain.
"The trees have significant rotting," need to be removed. "It's sad to see the willows go," said
said Kevin Roberts, director of facilities. This is not the first time the landscape SUNY Plattsburgh President John
"We took down one tree initially and around the pond has changed Ettling. "But we're confident that by
found it was rotted out from the core to significantly. Elm trees used to surround using this experience as an educational
within an inch of the bark. We had to it until Dutch elm disease claimed them opportunity and involving many people
quickly address the hazard they posed in the 1960s. in the discussion, we will ultimately
to nearby buildings as well as students, A committee is now being formed restore the area as a central part of our
faculty and staff." to consider new possibilities for the campus landscape."
Month of Action Features 'Walk on By' Celebration of Tolerance
This year's Month of Action will take `The Laramie Project„"' said Nic Cappon are tired of hearing others talking about
on a new twist as students, faculty, '11, organizer of "Walk on By" week and the news and claiming that `there is
staff and community members unite to a Student Association senator. nothing I can do.' Now there is,” said
create "Walk on By" week. Over the past three years, the Month P.J. Miller '10, an audio and radio
"The week is a chance for people to of Action has become an annual event production major and the chair of the
come together and celebrate the values on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus. Every Month of Action Committee. "We are
of tolerance, compassion and love in March student groups unite to raise trying to fuel the passion of students
around campus."
response to the hatred shown by those awareness and to take action, donating
who are coming on campus to picket time and energy to various causes.
the theater department's production of "A general consensus is that people See Month of Action, Page 2
FOCUS
Plattsbur gh
FEB. 27, 2009 STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
New Fellowship
Campus Intensifies Fire Prevention Efforts
Promotes Study
of Aging Society In the aftermath of the off-campus fire fire will happen to them and don't take
that claimed the life of freshman Steven the cautionary advice to heart.
Fanning, the college is ramping up its The tragic death changed this,
The Plattsburgh College
efforts to spread the word about fire creating a heightened sensitivity, and
Foundation has announced
safety and prevention. making it the best time to re-teach these
the creation of the Chapel
These efforts are not new. SUNY lessons, according to OFPC officials.
Hill Foundation Fellowship:
Plattsburgh, the University Police, The residents of Wilson Hall are
Challenges of an Aging
the Plattsburgh City Fire Department creating ribbons in honor of Fanning.
Society.
and the New York State Office of Fire When done, they will work with the
Our society will face
Prevention and Control have long fraternity Pi Alpha Nu and the Student
significant challenges with an
worked together to raise fire safety Association to hand out, along with
increasingly older population
awareness. Their efforts have included safety tips and invitations to a fire safety
as waves of baby boomers
hosting fire prevention workshops, workshop presented by the OFPC at 7
begin to reach retirement age,
trainings for off-campus students and p.m. on Monday, March 30.
according to Dr. David Hill,
more. This past fall, they hosted a fire Other recent efforts have included a
dean of education, health, and
safety day with the burning of a mock February forum for individuals moving
human services,
residence hall room, and the college off campus and a canvassing of area
The purpose of the
presented the city with $21,500 to help homes. The University Police, the OFPC,
fellowship is to provide an
with fire safety efforts. PCFD and the Building Inspector's Office
educational grant to conduct
However, a significant ongoing went door to door, providing residents
research on a specific aspect of
challenge is that many don't think that with educational materials.
these challenges.
"This grant is unique in that
it is open to any major on
campus; it promotes the study Month of Action: Opportunity to Learn, Give
of aging from economics to
sociology, from biology to
From Page 1 Other highlights for the month
art; the prospects are very
include the following:
exciting," said Hill. "Walk on By" week will kick off the
The award will provide month and will feature a variety of • Learning Disability Panel, Monday,

a summer stipend and awareness activities, along with two big March 9, 7-9 p.m. Alumni Conference
tuition support for up to two events: a unity rally on Friday and a Room, Angell College Center.
semesters to a junior or senior march to City Hall on Saturday. • "In Her Shoes," Tuesday, March 10,
full-time student in good
7-9 p.m. Alumni Conference Room,
standing at SUNY Plattsburgh.
Highlights from "Walk on By" week: Angell College Center. This is an
"There are many important
interactive program exploring the
research opportunities • C.D.P.I. Panel: "Inflammatory
lives of women who are leaving their
available to students at SUNY Rhetoric: Building an Ethical
abusers.
Plattsburgh, and this gift Community Response," Wednesday,
enhances them," said Anne 4-6 p.m. Krinovitz Recital Hall, • Hunger Banquet, March 25, 7-9 p.m.
Whitmore Hansen, vice Hawkins Hall. Alumni Conference Room, Angell
president for institutional College Center. Participants will gain
advancement. "This is a win- • Campus/Community Unity Rally for a better understanding of poverty as
win situation: students benefit Love and Hope, Friday, March 6, 6 they experience a meal as low-
from the research experience, p.m. Amitié Plaza. middle - or upper-income global
and society can benefit from • Reclaim the Streets: March to City citizens.
the research itself." Hall, 2 p.m. This march for love and "I would like to thank all of those who
SUNY Plattsburgh students peace will start at Hawkins Hall and have given so much time and effort to
must submit an application by wind through the city. engage the campus and the community
March 23. The first fellowship in such a positive way," said President
award will be announced on • "MILK," Sunday, March 8, 8 p.m. John Ettling.
April 6. Warren Ballrooms, Angell College For more information on "Walk on
Center. Discussion following the By" events call Cappon at 585-613-1995.
movie will feature Dan Stewart, former For more information on the Month of
Plattsburgh mayor. Action call Miller at 518-657-9000.